Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Science, early printing, signed firsts, comics and more, A186, Ultimo
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- June 07, 2026 - June 07, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 328 | Doom Patrol; Batman Shadow of the Bat |
1987; 1992 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 329 | Catwoman |
1993 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 330 | N Books, including: Cormac Mac Art |
1990; 1993; 2015; 1994; 1992; 1988; 1989; 2000; 1987; 1999; 2002; 1998; 2013; 1995; 2000; 2003; 1996; 2012; 2014; 1993; 1992; 1980; 1997; 2005; 2011; 2010; 2004; 2006; 1994; 1999; 1990; 1995; 2001 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 215.90 | ||
| 331 | Indiana Jones Comics |
1994; 1993; 1995; 1991; 1992 | AUD 200.00 - 250.00 | AUD 76.20 | ||
| 332 | N Books, including: Aquaman |
1994; 2002; 1996; 1998; 1999; 2004; 1995; 2006 | AUD 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 333 | Sizzle Magazine |
N/A | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 114.30 | ||
| 334 | N Books, including: Dark Horse Comics |
1992; 2014; 1993; 1995; 1994; 1995; 1992; 1997; 1999; 1991; 1996; 1999; 1998; 1996; 1999 | AUD 250.00 - 350.00 | AUD 165.10 | ||
| 335 | Batman Detective Comics |
1981 | AUD 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 336 | Howard Robert E. | Savage Sword of Conan |
1974 | AUD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | AUD 825.50 | |
| 338 | Janssonius Johannes | Mar di India |
Brisbane | c. 1650 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 339 | Gritten Henry; Forrest James Haughton | Hobart Town; Port Arthur |
1856; 1880 | AUD 200.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | |
| 340 | Advertising Lithograph Prints |
c.1920s | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 38.10 | ||
| 341 | Clinton A.L.; Taka Tsukasa; Butler A. G.; Cotton Bernard C. | N Books, including: The Story of the Butterfly |
1914; 1933 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 342 | Tyas Robert; Hazzard Margaret; Hewson Hellen; Stones Margaret | N Books, including: The Language of Flowers |
1875; 1927; 1931-1933 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 63.50 | |
| 343 | Kivell Rex Nan; Spence; Gole Susan | Portraits of the Famous and Infamous; A Series of early printed maps of India |
Sydney | 1492-1970; 1970 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 344 | Gilchrist Hugh | Australian and Greeks |
1992 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 203.20 | |
| 345 | Scott Ernest | Australian Discovery By Sea |
1929 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 215.90 | |
| 346 | Erickson Rica | The Bicentennial Dictionary of Western Australians |
1987-1988 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 152.40 | |
| 347 | Ronayne J.; Lalor Brian | The Irish in Australia; The Encyclopaedia of Ireland |
N/A | AUD 50.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold | |
| 348 | Gray Alex Xenophon Demirjian; Malouf David; Winton Tim; White Patrick | 4 Books, including: Memories of Many in One |
1986; 2009; 2001; 1948 | AUD 80.00 - 120.00 | AUD 25.40 | |
| 349 | Taylor Patrick; Timms Peter; Simons P. Frazer; Aitken Richard | 6 Books, including: The Oxford Companion to the Garden |
N/A | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | |
| 350 | McGrath Sandra; Done Ken; Haese Richard; Dolan David; Dupain Max; Dupain Rex; Sayers Andrew; Klepac Lou; Weston Neville | 9 Books, including: Brett Whitely |
1979-1987; 1968-1982; 1788-1880 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | AUD 139.70 | |
| 351 | Buchan John | 6 Books, including: The Long Traverse |
1841; 1922; 1936; 1919; ND 1930s; 1929 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 352 | 3 Books, including: Biggles Flies Again |
1950; 1952 | AUD 50.00 - 100.00 | AUD 25.40 | ||
| 353 | Gilbert W S | Bab Ballads; More Bab Ballads |
London | 1869; 1870 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
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Sotheby’s Geek Week
14-15 JulySotheby’s, July 14: Henry De La Beche. "Awful Changes," 1830. $6,000 to $9,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 11]. Flight Plan, Complete Original Printing Signed by Buzz Aldrin. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Thomas Alva Edison. Documents Establishing and Ending the Edison Electric Railway Company. $20,000 to $30,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Richard P. Feynman. Feynman's Lectures on Gravitation 1-16, Including the Original Transcriptions of Lectures 12-16 by Morinigo and Wagner, With Richard Feynman's Manuscript Notations, 1971. $12,000 to $18,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 9]. A Group of Manuals and Mission Documents used by Stuart Roosa as a member of the Astronaut Support Crew. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [BYTE: The Small Systems Journal]. A collection of early foundational issues of Byte: The Small Systems Journal, with rare hardcover editions. $5,000 to $8,000. -
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July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000Forum Auctions
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